Here I have collected all the ideas, suggestions, questions, etc. from the emails. As they are addressed, you can erase them/check them off, etc.
We could have a section for total beginners and a section for more knowledgeable participants. Probably different platforms will differentiate participants as well (only in the technical aspect of using the proprietary software).
We'll have a list of recommended reading and viewing and listening (there are wonderful podcasts about IWBs). I mean the "how-to" pages.
Any ideas on how to structure the resources page in our wiki? A table with links and descriptions? Separate for videos or together???
How about a place for links to ready-made resources online? Maybe we could give a few ideas and then ask the participants to tag interesting sites in our delicious account (still to be created)?
Bindyuu from India volunteered at some stage.
well structured and really practical.
ask Richard Turnbull to be a guest speaker –
Chris Betcher to talk to our group in Week 2 maybe if possible? He's a co-author of the book: Interactive Whiteboard Revolution, an excellent resource in itself.
The weekly outline should be developed.
more detail is needed.
needs more 'body' to the syllabus
when dealing with IWB … the interactive aspect of it, for in most cases the interaction only occurs between the ones holding the interactive pen and the board, not the whole group.
Those without IWBs might still profit from the session by using the instructional videos (not as good as the real thing, of course).
Jose Antonio so he would be a great candidate!!Maybe this person could be a guest speaker for the IWB session or could co-moderate one week –
My name is Jose Antonio. In fact, I really do not have a session of my own, but I have been a co-moderator in BaW for some time and I decided to take this session to learn a little more and be more helpful to Dafne, Teresa, and Moira in our session.
I have been teaching English for almost 20 years and I love what I do. In the school where I teach, I am proud to say that we now have a large group of teachers engaged with technology in one way or another. We have been using IWBs for around two years and now, with installation of data show in some classes, more teachers have joined us in the enthusiasm of technology use in class.
Chris Betcher (The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution) has initiated a debate about the value of IWBs. I was thinking of asking him to be our guest speaker in week 2,
I contacted Jose but haven't heard anything from him about joining us.
I just found a bunch of links that were interesting about Wiimote and Smoothboard and have saved them here http://delicious.com/susaneb if you want to have a look. Let me know if you are interested in them and I could check further. Perhaps someone from these IWBs could be a potential guest speaker...
We have Bee helping us till January, then I really don't know.... You could ask Buth if she had any experience with IWBs
As far as links are concerned, we may start collating a database on useful links in our Prep wiki - it needs to be grouped according to a specific IWB, I think. Later on this can be used in the workshop wiki.
We need great ideas on how to structure the material for Weeks 2, 3, 4
We'll have the links tagged, so maybe we'll just post some thought-provoking questions in Week 2?
Should the questions have links to particular articles (in case people have no time to read through all tagged items)?
Week 3: delicious tag: EVOiwb3
We need to sort out links:
Tutorials (a) text=A0=A0 b) video=A0=A0 c) audio/podcasts
Should we have a table with links to BASIC resources in our wiki/and/Yahoo = Group, apart from tagged links? The tagged resources may become quite numerous.
Should the above tutorials be labeled according to the type of whiteboard?
Week 4: delicious tag: EVOiwb4
Lists of resources (a website with many resources) (here the resources can be mixed)?????
Particular websites that work great with IWBs.
Again - a basic table or leave this part to tagging only?
13 for you is 07am for Laine, 10am for Bee and 23pm for me.
21 for you is 15 for Laine, 18 for Bee and 07am for me.
What are we trying to achieve? Is it just getting participants accustomed to the tools and all their possible uses? How can we make this session really interesting?
Some years back I participated in a session that I enjoyed. It dealt with using Moodle and really took the participant on a hands-on tour of Moodle. Each week we had tasks to do: find out where you edit your profile, add media, etc. Perhaps you remember the session. Our session could be similar. What did you have in mind?
The zone map is super and definitely YES.
As far as the aim of the workshop is concerned - I initially thought that t= he workshop would involve only teachers using SmartBoard and that, after discussing pedagogy of IWBs, we'll go to practise various aspects of creating resources for ESL in the SmartBoard software. I also thought we would be collating links to various tutorials on how to use the software, as well as = links to resources on the net (both the ones created especially for IWBs an= d the ones that are great for use with IWBs).
=A0
Now that the scope of the workshop has been modified and includes various IW= Bs, the initial plan is more difficult to deliver, though not impossible. I was worried about the way of sharing created pages, but I guess it can be = done in groups based on various IWB platforms.
the reasons for proposing this work= shop. Are you going to ask participants to reflect=A0 on their contexts and about the validity of having to show ways to use the different IWBs and/or are you going one in the classroom I do not recall having read the abstract so if you could direct me to it, I= would be grateful.
Where would you insert the participants' database?
We could have a section for total beginners and a section for more knowledgeable participants. Probably different platforms will differentiate participants as well (only in the technical aspect of using the proprietary software).
We'll have a list of recommended reading and viewing and listening (there are wonderful podcasts about IWBs). I mean the "how-to" pages.
Any ideas on how to structure the resources page in our wiki? A table with links and descriptions? Separate for videos or together???
How about a place for links to ready-made resources online? Maybe we could give a few ideas and then ask the participants to tag interesting sites in our delicious account (still to be created)?
Bindyuu from India volunteered at some stage.
well structured and really practical.
ask Richard Turnbull to be a guest speaker –
Chris Betcher to talk to our group in Week 2 maybe if possible? He's a co-author of the book: Interactive Whiteboard Revolution, an excellent resource in itself.
The weekly outline should be developed.
more detail is needed.
needs more 'body' to the syllabus
when dealing with IWB … the interactive aspect of it, for in most cases the interaction only occurs between the ones holding the interactive pen and the board, not the whole group.
Those without IWBs might still profit from the session by using the instructional videos (not as good as the real thing, of course).
Jose Antonio so he would be a great candidate!!Maybe this person could be a guest speaker for the IWB session or could co-moderate one week –
My name is Jose Antonio. In fact, I really do not have a session of my own, but I have been a co-moderator in BaW for some time and I decided to take this session to learn a little more and be more helpful to Dafne, Teresa, and Moira in our session.
I have been teaching English for almost 20 years and I love what I do. In the school where I teach, I am proud to say that we now have a large group of teachers engaged with technology in one way or another. We have been using IWBs for around two years and now, with installation of data show in some classes, more teachers have joined us in the enthusiasm of technology use in class.
Chris Betcher (The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution) has initiated a debate about the value of IWBs. I was thinking of asking him to be our guest speaker in week 2,
I contacted Jose but haven't heard anything from him about joining us.
I just found a bunch of links that were interesting about Wiimote and Smoothboard and have saved them here http://delicious.com/susaneb if you want to have a look. Let me know if you are interested in them and I could check further. Perhaps someone from these IWBs could be a potential guest speaker...
We have Bee helping us till January, then I really don't know.... You could ask Buth if she had any experience with IWBs
As far as links are concerned, we may start collating a database on useful links in our Prep wiki - it needs to be grouped according to a specific IWB, I think. Later on this can be used in the workshop wiki.
We need great ideas on how to structure the material for Weeks 2, 3, 4
Week 2: delicious tag: EVOiwb2=A0 (Bee's suggestion)
We'll have the links tagged, so maybe we'll just post some thought-provoking questions in Week 2?
Should the questions have links to particular articles (in case people have no time to read through all tagged items)?
Week 3: delicious tag: EVOiwb3
We need to sort out links:
Tutorials (a) text=A0=A0 b) video=A0=A0 c) audio/podcasts
Should we have a table with links to BASIC resources in our wiki/and/Yahoo = Group, apart from tagged links? The tagged resources may become quite numerous.
Should the above tutorials be labeled according to the type of whiteboard?
Week 4: delicious tag: EVOiwb4
Lists of resources (a website with many resources) (here the resources can be mixed)?????
Particular websites that work great with IWBs.
Again - a basic table or leave this part to tagging only?
13 for you is 07am for Laine, 10am for Bee and 23pm for me.
21 for you is 15 for Laine, 18 for Bee and 07am for me.
I will use this smartteachprep.wikispaces.com for our playground. I did see that you posted our platforms in http://mods-profiles.pbworks.com/Your-Sessions-2010 so all is well.
What are we trying to achieve? Is it just getting participants accustomed to the tools and all their possible uses? How can we make this session really interesting?
Some years back I participated in a session that I enjoyed. It dealt with using Moodle and really took the participant on a hands-on tour of Moodle. Each week we had tasks to do: find out where you edit your profile, add media, etc. Perhaps you remember the session. Our session could be similar. What did you have in mind?
The zone map is super and definitely YES.
As far as the aim of the workshop is concerned - I initially thought that t= he workshop would involve only teachers using SmartBoard and that, after discussing pedagogy of IWBs, we'll go to practise various aspects of creating resources for ESL in the SmartBoard software. I also thought we would be collating links to various tutorials on how to use the software, as well as = links to resources on the net (both the ones created especially for IWBs an= d the ones that are great for use with IWBs).
=A0
Now that the scope of the workshop has been modified and includes various IW= Bs, the initial plan is more difficult to deliver, though not impossible. I was worried about the way of sharing created pages, but I guess it can be = done in groups based on various IWB platforms.
the reasons for proposing this work= shop. Are you going to ask participants to reflect=A0 on their contexts and about the validity of having to show ways to use the different IWBs and/or are you going one in the classroom I do not recall having read the abstract so if you could direct me to it, I= would be grateful.
Where would you insert the participants' database?